My old vacuum sealer isn't cutting the mustard any more,
is there a new kid on the block that is better than any other brand?
what do you use and is it an average Joe or a top gun?
recommendations please.
cheers
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My old vacuum sealer isn't cutting the mustard any more,
is there a new kid on the block that is better than any other brand?
what do you use and is it an average Joe or a top gun?
recommendations please.
cheers
Ours is a Sunbeam bought from Harvey Normans quite a few years ago; the model where you use the rolls of plastic food-saver bags.
Been a bloody good machine and has been use a lot with whitebait, venison, pork. Done hundreds of kilo's since we've had it but is now starting to show a few hiccups. Spose thats to be expected.
+1 and the long rolls on trade me save you shit tonnes in bag roll.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bos
Russell-Hobbs from Briscoes when on sale :thumbsup:
I use a cheapo one that takes the textured bags. Went between Warehouse and Mitre 10 as you can trade them off with the "beat it by 10% " deal.
For bags I go to Contour packaging here in Tauranga, 100 A4 sized bags is around $65 I also buy the plain vacuum bags for things I can squeeze the air out of ( such as stews in liquid )and just use the seal feature they run about $17 / 100.
Mine would be about 6 years old now and probably done close to a thousand bags all up. Its a no name "as seen on TV" model.
It longer does an Auto seal when the are gets sucked out but I hit the manual switch to start the seal cycle when I guess its right.
I reckon the budget ones are good value for money. I have seen a model that has a metal tongue that goes into the bag to remove the air, when its done you press a button and the tongue retracts so you can seal it........ they look pretty shitty and I wouldnt get that one.
I just brought a Russell Hobbs one from Briscoes, and rolls of bags from the warehouse 12$ for 5meters seems to work well !
+1 sunbeam. Smiths city.
Think its like $17 for 28m on trade meQuote:
Originally Posted by SGR
cheers people, will have a look around on my day's off.
are those double sealed or single?
My cousin got a minced from this outfit in Australia which they said seems to do the job they have vacuum packers as well as Meat Slicer - Meat Grinder – Luvele AU
https://www.luvele.com.au/collections/mincers-slicers
Russell-Hobbs is single seal. You can of course double seal manually if you want to. I occasionally do this when there is too much moisture in the food for whatever reason.
I’ve got a sunbeam one,when I seal its the bag is nice a tight, after freezing it it’s like some air has got in and the two sides of the bag aren’t sucked together anymore, is that normal? I see the ones in the supermarket and they are sucked in really tight even after sitting there for ages?
bought one from Aliexpress, and buy all my bags from there. Cheap as chips.
That means your seal wasnt sealed, this can happen when moisture/blood/juices are sucked into the seal area or particles of food are in the seal area.Quote:
Originally Posted by nickbop
Best fix is to make the bags bigger and be carefull when filling the bag to keep the seal area clean and try not to bag dripping wet stuff.
I double seal anything damp also.
Spot on VC thats my experience too. I also try and cut a nice straight line to seal and line them up good in the machine
Find some kind of round tube to fit inside the bag when filling it.
Stuff the bag through the tube, any residue and mess will come out with the tube rather than smearing the inside of the bag.
As already said, the cleaner the bag the better seal.
Good advice that, I also dry the fish or whatever on paper towels before it goes in the bags to be sealed. Seems to give a better finished product.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Currently have a Sunbeam one, single seal only. It has about 60 seconds reset time once you have done a few bags. Not something I thought about when we brought it.
Only god knows how much fish its done along with 8 deer, a heap of goats, a few pigs and sheep.
Well worth it
its warm
Cheers have been keeping the meat dry even went to putting meat on a paper towel then Sealing it in there but still happened, will try with a bigger bag, otherwise I’m gunna chuck it ��
$69 @ k Mart today! For vacuum sealer
:oh noes: site for new K-Mart is being demolished as we speak, new K-MartQuote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
won't be open for a year or two,